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How can we make chess community welcoming to women/girls?

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Is it poor sportsmanship to resign immediately after a major blunder early in the game?

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How is “fianchetto” really pronounced?

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Demystifying Seirawan-Kasparov 1983 king and pawn endgame

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What is the worst opening move in Chess960 for White?

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What's the etiquette for giving checkmate on board?

checkmate etiquette otb-chess

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How do GMs play the man not the board?

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I was playing a tournament and some kids were talking about the game in a foreign language

rules cheating

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Can anyone tell me name of this opening where knight is sacrificed?

opening

modified Jan 29 at 16:44 Remellion 3,548

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How to be a better tournament player?

tournament

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What is a “monster knight”?

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Is blindfold chess bad for the health?

blindfold-chess

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What is the Dorfman method in chess?

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The difficulty of finding the winning idea in this knight versus bishop endgame

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answered Jan 31 at 5:23 Philip Roe 2,513

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Why doesn't white take after 8..c5 in the Grünfeld, Spassky variation?

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answered Jan 20 at 6:21 Allure 6,347

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What is right way to setup King & Queen In the beginning of game?

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Knight vs bishop endgame in Fabiano Caruana vs Hou Yifan 2018

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answered Feb 2 at 19:58 edwina oliver 2,301

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Is there a name for a chess variant where you are allowed to capture your own pieces?

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Good Knight Against Bad Bishop Endgame - A More Constructive Plan?

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How to improve blitz chess rating?(Time management)

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Stockfish: What is the maximum (minimum) centipawn score that a position might be evaluated at?

stockfish evaluation

answered Jan 21 at 0:49 Allure 6,347

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Has a woman ever defeated a reigning undisputed World Chess Champion in classical chess?

women

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How long does it take to use opening preparation at top level?

preparation

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Doubt on how move as black after pawn in e5

opening strategy theory

answered Feb 8 at 14:04 Savage47 1,497

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What happened to the WCC?

rating history world-championship

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What is important in the endgame besides centralization and activity?

endgame

answered Jan 27 at 13:34 Savage47 1,497

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How good can you get at bullet chess without playing standard?

bullet-chess

answered Jan 26 at 23:42 SoDamnMetal 31

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Why not save the queen by playing Qa5-a4?

analysis

modified Feb 13 at 16:36 Brian Towers♦ 31.3k

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What happens should a clock fail during the game?

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modified Feb 9 at 20:37 Rewan Demontay 4,777

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Are there attempts at creating practical endgame tablebases?

tablebases

modified Jan 21 at 19:00 Michael West 1,592

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About how to win a pawn by applying pressure-Looking for examples

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answered Jan 27 at 15:43 edwina oliver 2,301

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How do I understand White's +6 advantage here?

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Is this K+4P vs KB+P endgame drawn?

endgame bishop-endgame

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How would I know why a move is good or not?

analysis understanding

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Term for sacrifice that causes opponent to block an escape square?

terminology

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How is White winning in this OTB position?

learning winning

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Why does Lichess mark this move as “?!”?

endgame checkmate pawn-promotion

answered Jan 21 at 23:13 SolvingProblems 21

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In what ways is it the best to use a computer in correspondence chess?

engines analysis correspondence-chess

modified Jan 22 at 12:21 Rewan Demontay 4,777

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Would an erroneous claim of mate be considered as annoying the opponent, cheating, an illegal move, or something else

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1700 rated games-On mistakes and how to correct them

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answered Jan 21 at 19:13 Michael West 1,592

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Is it ethical to refer to opening book for the first few moves of a correspondence game? [duplicate]

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The Sicilian Defense Kalashnikov Variation: Why shouldn’t white play 5.Nxc6 here?

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draw game on lichess after 2 repetitions? [duplicate]

draw

answered Jan 24 at 1:39 Remellion 3,548

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What are some of the most instructive positional games covered in Agadmator's YouTube channel?

strategy learning

modified 2 days ago Rewan Demontay 4,777

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Franci de Castellvi - Narcis Vinyoles 18. … Qg6??, a blunder by black?

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Does any PGN actually use the '%' (escape) or ';' (rest of line comment) mechanisms?

pgn

answered Jan 28 at 17:08 Phonon 11.1k

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Does the PGN specification mistakenly omit solidus (/) for symbol tokens?

programming pgn

answered Jan 23 at 13:41 Michael West 1,592

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